When to plant peas in Germany: 14 March – 10 September
Peas in Germany: sow straight into the bed from 14 March to 10 September; the window opens earliest in Düsseldorf and closes latest in Wiesbaden (31 cities).
Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.
Planting window by climate zone
| Zone | Cities | Window |
|---|---|---|
| 210–269 frost-free days | Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Bremen, Dresden, Hanover, Duisburg, Bochum, Bielefeld, Bonn, Münster, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Augsburg, Wiesbaden, Freiburg im Breisgau, Kiel, Rostock, Magdeburg, Potsdam, Saarbrücken | 14 March – 10 September |
| 150–209 frost-free days | Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Erfurt, Regensburg | 26 March – 26 August |
Peas: the window in each city
| City | Window | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Düsseldorf | 14 March – 8 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Duisburg | 15 March – 9 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Karlsruhe | 15 March – 6 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Magdeburg | 15 March – 5 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Potsdam | 15 March – 8 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Wiesbaden | 15 March – 10 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Cologne | 16 March – 7 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Essen | 16 March – 8 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Bremen | 17 March – 6 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Bonn | 18 March – 6 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Hanover | 19 March – 8 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Kiel | 19 March – 7 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Bochum | 20 March – 7 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | 22 March – 3 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Augsburg | 23 March – 27 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Berlin | 23 March – 6 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Frankfurt | 23 March – 4 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Munich | 23 March – 27 August | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Mannheim | 24 March – 7 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Rostock | 24 March – 4 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Saarbrücken | 24 March – 5 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Münster | 25 March – 8 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Dresden | 26 March – 5 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Regensburg | 26 March – 25 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Dortmund | 27 March – 3 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Stuttgart | 29 March – 26 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Bielefeld | 30 March – 5 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Hamburg | 30 March – 6 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Leipzig | 31 March – 4 September | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Erfurt | 2 April – 25 August | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Nuremberg | 8 April – 21 August | 150–209 frost-free days |